Chen Ye's Plan

Watching Xiao Wu leave, Chen Yue cast her brother a teasing glance.

But in the end, she said nothing, merely yawning out of boredom.

Chen Ye, meanwhile, remained lost in thought.

Quite a few things had happened over the past six years.

For example, Spirit Junior Academy had gained a new teacher.

That teacher was named Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang had caught up with them three days later.

He had arrived travel-worn and dusty, then used the Elder Hall's Elder Token to become a teacher at Spirit Junior Academy directly.

None of the academy's teachers or its headmaster approved of his teaching philosophy.

Yet no one dared offend Yu Xiaogang.

After all, he possessed an Elder Token.

Yu Xiaogang had also been extremely dissatisfied about Chen Ye bringing Tang San here.

But there was nothing he could do to Chen Ye.

Moreover, Tang San himself was willing to stay. This left Yu Xiaogang somewhat despairing, but even more helpless.

All he could do was quietly accept it.

One good thing was that Tang Hao had never shown himself throughout those six years.

Or rather, no one knew whether he had appeared at all.

Still, Chen Ye did not place much hope in that.

Tang Hao could not possibly be dead. After all, he was a Title Douluo-level powerhouse.

He might indeed have left before and never returned.

But after six years had passed, once he failed to uncover any news of Tang San at Notting Academy—

With even a little inquiry, he would inevitably learn that Tang San had come to Spirit Hall's Spirit Junior Academy.

So Tang Hao could not possibly stay away.

Chen Ye's eyes flickered faintly at the thought of Tang Hao's arrival.

He could not personally take part in hunting down someone like Tang Hao. He possessed neither the talent nor the strength for it.

But if Tang Hao dared risk entering Spirit City to find his son, then he would be walking into a trap with no way back.

After all, Spirit Hall was not a place just anyone could barge into.

Especially not a Title Douluo—one who had practically killed the previous Pope with his own hands.

Chen Ye turned his head slightly and looked at Tang San, who stood behind him.

The young man who had brought them back back then was standing beside Tang San.

Compared to six years ago, Tang San had clearly grown much more mature.

Yet his eyes still carried an intense unwillingness.

Over the past six years, it was not as though he had failed to improve. In fact, his progress had been considerable, and he had likewise broken through to two rings.

However, because his first soul ring had come from a ten-year Solitary Bamboo, his second soul ring could only accommodate the most basic yellow soul ring.

As a result, the strength of his second soul ring was nearly equivalent to an ordinary person's first soul ring.

And Blue Silver Grass was already an inherently weak martial soul, widening the gap in his soul rings even further.

Though he was now a two-ring Soul Master, without using his trump cards, he could not even defeat a one-ring Soul Master.

He could only rely on his hidden weapons and various methods to protect himself.

Tang San was unwilling to accept this.

Especially since, even though he possessed two-ring cultivation, nearly every teacher had concluded that the limitations of his useless martial soul meant he could never break through to three rings.

Unless he was willing to reveal his second martial soul.

Yet through his studies over the years, Tang San had come to understand what the Clear Sky Hammer was—or rather, what it truly represented.

It was the supreme foundation of one of the Upper Three Sects.

Tang San could also roughly guess who his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul had come from.

Thus, over the years, Tang San had always harbored a barrier toward Spirit Hall.

But beneath that was an even deeper helplessness.

Because Tang San did not know how to reach the Clear Sky Sect, nor did he know whom he should reveal his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul to.

He could only remain in Spirit Hall, worn down for a full six years.

Watching Tang San stand there and echo the young man's words, Chen Ye gently rubbed his chin.

As long as Tang San remained here, Tang Hao could not possibly refuse to show himself.

And as long as Tang Hao dared show himself, Spirit Hall might have a chance to severely injure him.

Of course, this was merely one move he had laid in advance.

As for whether Tang Hao would actually appear and how matters would unfold, Chen Ye did not care all that much.

After the two returned to their rooms to pack their luggage, they would head directly to Spirit Academy.

Compared to Spirit Junior Academy, Spirit Academy would be far more difficult, and the pressure of studying there would naturally be greater as well.

Besides, ordinary students would now be returning home for nearly two months of vacation.

Chen Ye had no intention of wasting those two months.

He had already enlisted in Spirit Hall's knight order.

He would be a standard Spirit Hall knight.

As the foremost organization in the world, Spirit Hall was not without a regular army. Or rather, it did have an official military force, just not large-scale legions.

As a result, although Spirit Hall had no shortage of knights and soldiers, they were publicly organized into squads.

Relying on his formidable three-ring strength, Chen Ye had directly become the captain of a Spirit Hall squad.

Their duties were simple: monitor the areas around Spirit City and hunt soul beasts.

Chen Ye was quite satisfied with this arrangement.

It was equivalent to honing his combat abilities through real battle—and Spirit Hall would foot the bill.

With a squad protecting him at his side, Chen Ye felt that no matter how one looked at it, the difficulty would not be great.

During this time, Chen Ye had also heard of the so-called Golden Generation.

By now, the Golden Generation had already displayed their formidable strength.

But Chen Ye did not care about that.

Whether it was Hu Liena or the other two, no matter how much talent or strength they possessed, they had little to do with him.

His own talent and strength would only grow greater in the future.

Once he entered Spirit Academy, making a name for himself would not be difficult.

After the two arrived at Spirit Academy, they completed their registration first.

The dormitories at Spirit Academy were now standard single rooms.

Though the rooms were somewhat small, the living conditions were excellent.

Regardless of gender, everyone had a room to themselves.

Moreover, unlike those who needed to take an exam like Xiao Wu, the two of them could move straight into their dormitories.

After bidding farewell to his little sister, Chen Ye arrived at his own dormitory.

His room was on the second floor, number 211.

He was the only occupant. The room was not large, but it came with a private washroom.

However, if he wanted to bathe, he still had to go to the public bathhouse.

Once he had finished unpacking, Chen Ye took the badge he had claimed earlier and headed for the garrison of Spirit Hall's knight force.

He was now one of Spirit Hall's knights, as well as a squad captain.

Their squad was numbered 317—the three hundred and seventeenth squad.

According to the assignment he had chosen, his responsibilities were rotating patrols around Spirit City and its inner and outer districts, including the area around Spirit Academy.

This was where Tang San would continue living for the time being.

It was also the easiest place to wait for Tang Hao.

Naturally, the danger level was not actually high.

No matter how shameless Tang Hao might be, he would not attack ordinary Spirit Hall soldiers.

He would not even believe these people had the ability to find or notice him.

After all, he was a Title Douluo.

But Chen Ye was not included among those people.

Looking at the two signal flares in his hand, Chen Ye saw that one of them was the highest-grade signal flare.

These two signal flares were Spirit Hall's eyes.

Once they discovered danger, they could fire a signal flare immediately.

At that point, powerful experts would directly step in and take control of everything.